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Oglethorpe University
Mission Statement:
Oglethorpe University provides a superior education in the liberal arts and sciences and selected professional disciplines in a coeducational, largely residential, small-college environment within a dynamic urban setting. Oglethorpe’s academically rigorous programs emphasize intellectual curiosity, individual attention and encouragement, close collaboration among faculty and students, and active learning in relevant field experiences. Oglethorpe is committed to supporting the success of all students in a diverse community characterized by civility, caring, inquiry, and tolerance. Oglethorpe’s talented, self-reliant, and motivated graduates are prepared to make a life and to make a living, to grow as life-long learners, and to be energetic and intelligent contributors in a rapidly changing world.
Address:
4484 Peachtree Rd Ne
Atlanta, GA 30319-2797
Phone:
General: (404) 261-1441
Admissions: (404) 364-8307
Financial aid: (404) 364-8356
Degrees offered:
AccountingClassification:
Type: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Highest degree offered: Masters
Carnegie class: Baccalaureate Colleges--Liberal Arts
These institutions are primarily undergraduate colleges with major emphasis on baccalaureate programs. They award at least half of their baccalaureate degrees in liberal arts fields.
Enrollment Information:
| Total enrollment: | 1053 | ||
| Total undergraduate: | 972 | ||
| Total graduate: | 81 | ||
| Total professional: | 0 | ||
| Total full-time: | 885 | ||
| Full-time undergraduate: | 836 | ||
| Full-time graduate: | 49 | ||
| Full-time professional: | 0 | ||
| Total part-time: | 168 | ||
| Part-time undergraduate: | 136 | ||
| Part-time graduate: | 32 | ||
| Part-time professional: | 0 | ||
| Men total: | 349 | ||
| Women total: | 704 | ||
| Nonresident alien: | 49 | (04.65%) | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | (00.00%) | |
| Asian or Pacific Islander: | 31 | (02.94%) | |
| Black non-Hispanic: | 204 | (19.37%) | |
| Hispanic: | 30 | (02.85%) | |
| White non-Hispanic: | 599 | (56.89%) | |
| Race/ethnicity unknown: | 140 | (13.30%) |
